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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Race, Days 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paulsen see as if in a dream?
(a) Both of these.
(b) They crossed a creek where there was open water, and the dogs worked around it.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) They crossed a lake with bad ice.

2. What do highbush cranberries taste like, according to Paulsen's grandmother?
(a) Old socks.
(b) Old dishrags.
(c) Old feet.
(d) Old shoes.

3. What have bears learned in Alaska?
(a) The difference between a moose hunter gun and a bear hunter gun.
(b) The sound of a sled means dogs.
(c) All of these.
(d) The sound of a moose hunter's gun means fresh guts left over.

4. What animal did Gary see defeat the wolves?
(a) A fox.
(b) A beaver.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A cougar.

5. What was Gary's ignorance based on?
(a) Things he had been told.
(b) Experience.
(c) All of these.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big was this mean little hen's flock?

2. What cannot be housebroken?

3. What ate the chipmunk?

4. What did the man do while Paulsen was hallucinating?

5. Why are bears attracted to the burning paper?

(see the answer key)

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